Silene nocturna, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 179

151. S. nocturna L. , Sp. Pl. 416 (1753) .

Stems 10-60 cm, erect, usually branched. Lower leaves obovate- to lanceolate-spathulate, obtuse, pubescent. Flowers 5-15 in raceme-like monochasial cymes, very densely crowded above, remote below (or flowers 1-5 in the cymes, mostly remote, var. brachypetala (Robill. & Cast.) Vis. ); inflorescence usually compound, sometimes with alar flowers. Calyx (6-)9-13m m, oblong-obovoid in fruit, pubescent with ascending hairs; veins wide, green, anastomosing. Petal-limb bifid, exserted (or emarginate and included, var. brachypetala ). Capsule 8-11 mm, oblong or ovoid-oblong; carpophore 1-1-5 mm, puberulent. Seeds reniform; faces exca- vate-auriculate; back wide, with shallow, tuberculate groove. Mediterranean region, extending to Portugal and N. Spain. Al BI Co Cr G a G r Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu.